Mantle-support.



No. 696,493. Patented Apr. l, I902.

J. I. ROBIN.

MANTLE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Aug. 19, 1901) (No Model.)

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NITED STATS if lCEt JACOB I. ROBIN, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEIV YORK.

IVIANTLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,493, dated April 1, 1902 Application filed August 19, 1901. Serial No. 72,510. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB I. ROBIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Mount Vernoinwestchester county,an(l State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mantle-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to supports for mantles employed in connection with incandescent gas-lamps. 1 will describe a support for a mantle embodying my invention and then point out the novel features thereof in a claim.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a mantle-support embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail view in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

A represents a burner-cap of the usual kind employed for incandescent gas-lamps. It is provided with the usual bayonet-slot a to permit of its being attached and detached from the lamp.

A represents a pair of brackets which are fixedly secured to the burner-cap A at diametrically opposite points thereof. Each bracket is provided with an upwardly-extendingcylindricalportion a, constitutingasocket to receive an end of one part of the support. The brackets A may conveniently be made from a single piece of metal.

B represents the mantle support, here shown as comprising two vertical rods 1) and a cross rod or bar Z) removably attached to the upper ends of the rods Z).

Each vertical rod is bent at b to have the portion 19 normally incline away from the mantle O and with bends b and b the latter to form a shoulder or rest for the ends of the cross rod or bar I). The cross rod or bar b is provided with eyes I) at its ends, through which the ends of the vertical rods 1) project, and with a depending open loop or eye 1) to receive the usual asbestos loop c of the mantle 0.

It Will be seen from Fig. 1 that when the complete support is in position on the burnercap A the portions b flare outwardly and cause the cross bar or rod 5 to assume a horizontal position, and thereby hold the mantle properly over the burner-cap. The rods b are resilient and can be forced toward each other to permit of the removal of the cross rod or bar with its supended mantle and another cross-rod carrying a mantle substituted. It is, however, preferable in practice that each burner-cap be provided with a complete support and mantle, which is to be substituted for the burner-cap and mantle which has been in use on a lamp. The burner-cap and support (complete as shown inrFig. 1) will be shipped in the usual container, and in this use the portions b engage the cylindrical wall of the container to retain the device therein.

The ends of the rods are held in the cylindrical portions by means of the inwardly-me tending tongues a of the cylinder engaging in indentations in the rods.

It will be understood that the supporluper 56, may be separate from the burner-cap A and may be attached to any burner-cap provided with receiving-sockets.

WVhat I claim as my invention is- A mantle-support consisting of a pair of vertical rods, asupport for one end of each rod, a bend provided in each rod just above its support to have an inclined part, bends at the upper end of each rod to form a rest and a cross rod or bar from which the mantle is supported, removably supported on the rests of the vertical rods.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB I. ROBIN.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. CRUSE, ALFRED H. EVANS. 

